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To be precise, Big Ben is actually the 14 ton bell within the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London. It is named after Sir Benjamin Hall who was the commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1859. However, most people now refer to the clock itself as Big Ben.

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They might indeed call the clock Big Ben but that does not make it right! I don't think it can be said to have been "invented" because the design and construction principles of large turret-clocks like this were already well established by the time this one was designed & built. There may be specific parts such as the escapement, that were new developments for it.

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